Community Day Services and Supported Employment programs provide:
- Developmental training for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are 18 or older and live in the local community. Services provided include:
- Day Services in the local community setting, with an emphasis on opportunities, socialization, activities of daily living and individualized care needs
- Training programs tailored to personalized areas of interest, level-of-care needs and individualized skillset or work level to assist in improving ability and improving independence
- Accommodations for differently-abled adults alongside skilled training specialists and support staff to meet variable needs
- Vocational services for individuals 18 or older with an intellectual or developmental disability who are in need of evaluation and employment services. Vocational services include:
- Individualized and systematic processes in which workers learn to identify viable vocational options and develop employment-based strategies based upon outcomes listed in conflict-free personal plans and other areas of interest to the worker
- Services that utilize the worker’s background information and employment history in combination with skill-based assessments, situational assessments, community-based work opportunities and contracts, prevailing labor market data, occupational guidance, assistive technology and individualized accommodations or modifications
- Industry-standard wages based on abilities and compensation scales; workers are paid bi-monthly and receive additional work-related benefits such as vacation, sick leave and holiday pay
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